Oh my this is a good one for a holiday gathering. Everything you love about loaded twice baked potatoes but in a casserole for easy serving. Thank you for reading this column, as always, and as I tell you every year, a blessed new year ahead is what I pray for you and yours to have. Loaded stuffed mashed potato casserole Ingredients 4 pounds russet … Continue reading Loaded Stuffed Baked Potato Casserole
Are you ready for simple food after you finish the holiday feasting? How about a pot of well seasoned black bean soup? That’s what I made this morning and it does smell good – onions, garlic, peppers, cumin all melding together with black beans, celery, bell pepper and a pinch of thyme. With a plop of sour cream and a squeeze of citrus, I’m talking … Continue reading Simple Black Bean Soup and a Panera Taste-a-Like
Bristol and friends, our four footed friendly neighbors, saying good morning today when I went out to take care of our chickens and fill the bird feeders. Ah, life for some of God’s creatures is simple…… Continue reading Good Morning from Bristol
Have a bit of ham left over from that holiday feast? Along with ham salad (see my blog on that) how about making an old fashioned, yummy ham loaf? Here’s one from Lazarus Department stores that had locations in Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. The baked ham loaf was a treasure from the corporation’s recipe collection. I photo’d the recipe from a xeroxed copy of … Continue reading Old Fashioned Ham Loaf
During the holidays around here, we focus a good amount of time on food gifts from the kitchen. Like the limoncello, nut brittle and quick bread recipes I’ve shared with you. So why today am I excited to give you a recipe, for, of all things, ham salad? Well, ham is ubiquitous on many a holiday table, including mine, and that means leftover ham. I’ve … Continue reading Ham Salad: Plain & Fancy
When it comes to holiday gifting and homemade treats, seems like nuts take center stage here on my little patch of heaven. From our treasured baked Lebanese baklava recipe (a yearly family project) with close to 30 layers of phyllo dough and a filling of lightly spiced walnuts, to a stove top cooked multi-nut brittle, nuts check all the boxes. Now there’s no sharing our … Continue reading Classic Nut Brittle with Variations
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